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Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000, Section 14 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 15 September 2019. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.

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14.—(1) Article 17 of the Child Support Order (powers of inspectors) shall be amended as follows.

(2) For paragraphs (1) to (4) there shall be substituted—

“(1)The Department may appoint, on such terms as it thinks fit, persons to act as inspectors under this Article.

(2)The function of inspectors shall be to acquire information which the Department needs for any of the purposes of this Order.

(3)Every inspector shall be given a certificate of his appointment.

(4)An inspector shall have power, at any reasonable time and either alone or accompanied by such other persons as he thinks fit, to enter any premises which—

(a)are liable to inspection under this Article; and

(b)are premises to which it is reasonable for him to require entry in order that he may exercise his functions under this Article,

and may there make such examination and inquiry as he considers appropriate.

(4A)Premises liable to inspection under this Article are those which are not used wholly as a dwelling house and which the inspector has reasonable grounds for suspecting are—

(a)premises at which a non-resident parent is or has been employed;

(b)premises at which a non-resident parent carries out, or has carried out, a trade, profession, vocation or business;

(c)premises at which there is information held by a person ( A) whom the inspector has reasonable grounds for suspecting has information about a non-resident parent acquired in the course of A's own trade, profession, vocation or business.”.

(3) In paragraph (6), for the words from any person who to the end of sub-paragraph (d) there shall be substituted “any such person”.

(b)installations that are offshore installations for the purposes of the Mineral Workings (Offshore Installations) Act 1971; and

(c)places of all other descriptions whether or not occupied as land or otherwise,

and references in this Article to the occupier of premises shall be construed, in relation to premises that are not occupied as land, as references to any person for the time being present at the place in question.”.

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